Comments on: Absent new deal with Ryan, Falcons will face franchise-tag dilemma in 2014 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 18 May 2013 19:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jacktheraven http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2371947 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:12:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2371947 @ bigbadal -Ravens paid Joe, and both are happy. They’re not likly to ask fans like you. Oh, in case you haven’t heard, Alex Smith was traded to KC a week or 2 ago.

]]> By: bigbadal21 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366460 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:27:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366460 The Ravens were crazy to give Flacco that contract. They should have lower tagged him and let the market decide his worth. As far as a team with a lot of cap structuring a contract the Ravens could not match is good news because the only teams with a lot of cap this year will have great draft positions next year. I would rather have Alex Smith and 2 extra first round picks then to overpay for Flacco.

]]> By: marcinhouston http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366165 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:57:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366165 If you think Matt Ryan’s playoff rep is bad now, then think for a second about what it will be if he falls short of winning the NFC again in 2013 with all the weapons he has, and then think about Rodgers, Eli, Brees, Kaepernick, Wilson, RG3, etc and all the competition he faces to win the NFC. He would be better off to take a little less now than risk going into free agency with the worst playoff rep ever.

]]> By: sportsnut101 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366136 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:30:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366136 Ryan got the best tandem wr in league n u can’t move the ball down the field with ease all the time. Even if they get doubled team on every play Sumone is open this offense should score 40 with ease

]]> By: scoobies05 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366114 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:14:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366114 ravens fan here and not a matt ryan hater at all. in my opinion while ryan puts up the numbers his big game performances pale in comparison to flacco. ryan just won his first playoff game nad flacco just won his first superbowl. because they were drafted in the same class they will be always be linked. right now flacco has the edge

]]> By: peytonsneck18 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366111 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:12:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366111 matt ryan and peyton manning has the same agent, trust me, he will get paid, tom condon is one of the highest paid agents out there, i hope the falcons have a huge bank

]]> By: jacktheraven http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366103 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:05:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366103 I have some bad news for you though. Don’t think the hate will stop when Ryan wins a SB, and I think he can. Joe is still getting buried from non Raven fans.

]]> By: jacktheraven http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366101 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:03:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366101 I don’t hate Ryan. Ravens woulda taken him ist, if he was available. It’s hard for me to complain about Joe Flacco though. Raven fans are happy.
Also, I’ve heard a lot of hate toward Joe from Falcon fans. I get it. It’s what fans do.

]]> By: wwttww http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366076 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:31:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366076 Is there some kind of built in auto-hate Ravens fans have to bring on Ryan just because he was taken before your guy? Most Falcon fans, like myself, tend to follow Flacco but not as a competition….also if Ryan is a product of his offense around him…then its just as absurd to suggest Flacco is a product of his stout defense.

]]> By: jm91rs http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366071 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:25:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366071 All of these teams are looking for trouble giving one guy 1/6 of the entire team salary.

And when did ravens fans become atlanta haters? the minute Flacco became the highest paid QB? Is there some sense of pride in that and you’re worried when Matty Ice or MVP Rodgers start making more?

Flacco won a superbowl. Great for him. He got paid, great for him. He is not a top 5 QB though. Put any of the other great QB’s on that team and they would have won one by now too. He makes more money than Drew Brees? Drew Brees on the Ravens and they’d have 3 by now. Ozzie Newsome put together a great team with a pretty good QB, but he’s not the best in the league. Not close.

]]> By: lightcleric http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366049 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:09:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366049 It’s funny to hear people here in Atlanta fantasize about Stephen Jackson. The Falcons still have to resign their left tackle, probably sign Brent Grimes Grimes(who they already tagged once) after they cut Robinson leaving them barren in the secondary, AND sign their franchise quarterback to an extension…

]]> By: sbaltimore http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366020 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:40:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366020 Ryan = Over Rated.

]]> By: robf2010 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2366002 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:29:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2366002 These aren’t the dilemmas they’re made out to be. No one would have given up the two picks and offered Flacco a monster contract to lure him away from Baltimore. The Ravens could have used the non-exclusive tag. This is even more true of Matt Ryan. Aaron Rodgers will warrant the exclusive tag.

]]> By: ravenmuscle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365934 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:43:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365934 Matty Ice is a product of Tony Gonzalez…Julio Jones and Roddy White.

With Gonzalez a questionmark to return…no Michael Turner and Jones and White being healthy all year…A BIG IF…Matty better hope the Falcons even make the playoffs.

]]> By: daknight93 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365922 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:28:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365922 Matt Will Get Paid Regardless….he will avg at least 20M per year because Flacco set the bar and Tom Condon will make sure he is paid cause he gets what he wants as a shark agent for CAA…

]]> By: cowboys4203 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365917 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:26:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365917 Just about every player in the NFL is overpaid anyway and thats what owners will continue to do is overpay players!! Even players who constantly sit on the bench make 500,000 a year its rediculous. Nobody in sports deserves to make 20 million a year!!

]]> By: conner87 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365916 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:26:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365916 As a Lions fan, I honestly thnk that Mayy Ice is a bbettter QB than Flacco, Matty is very consistent, Flacco is shaky in the regular season..

Sorry for the Grammar mistakes. Autocorrect

]]> By: whoisadamjones http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365901 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:05:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365901 Not a Falcons fan by any means, but Atlanta needs to lock this guy up forever right now. Ryan deserves to be paid like the best in the league. Say what you want about the playoffs, but the guy can ball.

An exclusive franchise tag might be too expensive, and if they tag him non-exclusively, Ryan will be dust in the wind; as half the teams in the league would be more than happy to give up two first round picks for him.

What Atlanta could do is set up is a contract just below “elite” level and then provide incentive bonuses or escalators for playoff wins and whatnot: ie. a guaranteed 90m over six years that can escalate 10% per playoff win in each year. So while his base salary wouldn’t be exorbitant, by helping the Falcons succeed, Ryan could make himself into one of the league’s highest paid players. I don’t think Matt is really a guy motivated by money, but that could be the best deal for Matt’s bank account and the Falcons’ cap room, not to mention Ryan/Atlanta’s quest for a Lombardi.

]]> By: ravenator http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365894 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:57:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365894 Flacco > Ryan and it’s not even close.

One wins superbowl MVPs while the other wins fantasy league championships.

]]> By: SeenThisB4 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365886 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:55:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365886 Paying $20.25 million per year for a QB who has never proven that he can’t get it done. LOL! At least Flacco got it done, but Ryan? He’s can’t get a conference trophy, even with home field advantage.

]]> By: irishgary http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365882 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:50:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365882 Stafford, Romo, Bradfrod, Rivers, Franchise Quarterbacks LMAO.

Over paid clowns would be a better description

]]> By: 6thsense79 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365880 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:49:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365880 Matt Ryan signed one of the last big money first round contracts at $72 million. The Falcons didn’t blink then and they won’t flinch next year. They’ve anchored their future to him.

]]> By: strangelove74 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365877 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:47:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365877 If his negotiating skills match his football prowess, just wait until the pressure is really on and he’ll crack.

]]> By: noring4youstill http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/absent-new-deal-with-ryan-falcons-will-face-franchise-tag-dilemma-in-2014/#comment-2365864 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:40:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1786741#comment-2365864 FalCants and Melted Ice Ryan are perfect for each other.

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